I o Travels into ^^^^ I N D I E S. Part III. 
Amedahad being inhabited alfo by a great number of Heathens^ there are 
Smtidas, Pa- Vagods^ or Idol-Tempks in it. That which was called the Tagod of San- 
god. ' fii^i was the chief, before u4»r««2:,e^ converted it into a Molque. When he 
The Cérémonie performed that Cérémonie, he caufed a Cow to be killed in the place, 
of King ^a- i^nowing very well, that after fuch an A6tion, the Gentiles according to 
' onv 'if'a t^hch- Law, coidd worfliip no more therein. All round the Temple there 
Pago?info\ is a Clovfter furnifhed with lovely Cells, beautified with Figures of Mar- 
Mofque. ble in relief, reprefenting naked Women fitting after the Oriental fafhion. 
The infide Roof of theMofqueis pretty enough, and the Walls are full 
of the Figures of Men and Beaîls -, but Auranzeh^ who hath always made a 
fhew of an affcded Devotion, which at length raifed him to the Throne, 
caufed the Nofes of all thefe Figures which added a great deal of Magni- 
ficence to that Mofque, to be beat off. 
chàaie»! a Bii- The Chaalem is ftill to be feen in Amedahad -, it is the Sepulchre of a vaftly 
rying place, rich Mah whom the Indians report to have been a Magician, and the Ma- 
hometans believe to be a great Saint ^ fo that it is daily vifited by a great 
many out of Devotion : It is a fquare pile of Building, having on each 
fide feven little Domes which fet off a great one in the middle, and the en- 
try into that place is by feven Ports which take up the whole front. With- 
in this Building there is another in form of a Chaippel, which is alfo 
fquare, when one is within the firft which is paved with Marble, one may 
walk round the Chappel that hath two Doors of Marble, adorned with 
Mother of Pearl, and little pieces of Chryftal : The Windows are fhut 
with Copper I.attices cut into various Figures. The Tomb of the Mock- 
Saint which is in the middle of the Chappel, is a kind of a Bed covered 
with Cloath of Gold, the Pofts whereof are of the fame materials as the 
Doors of the Chappel are, and have the fame Ornament of Mother or 
Pearls -, and over all there are fix or feven Silken Canopy's, one over ano- 
ther, and all of different colours. The place is very much frequented, 
and is continually full of white Flowers brought thither by the Devout 
Mahometans, when they come to fay their Prayers : A great many Eftrige- 
Eggs and hanging Lamps are always to be feen there alfo. 
On the other fide of the Court there is a like Building, where fome 
other Saints of theirs are Interred, and not many fleps farther, a Mofque 
with a large Porch fupported by Pillars, with many Chambers and cither 
Lodgings for the Poor -, and to compleat all, there is a fpacious Garden ac 
the backfide of the Mofque. 
There are many Gurdens in Amedahad-. and are fo full of Trees, that 
when one looks upon that Town from a high place, it feems to be a 
Forreft of green Trees, moft of the Houfes being hid by them and the. 
Kings Garden which is without the Town and by the River-fide, contains 
all the kinds that grow in the Indies. There are long Walks of Trees 
planted in a flreight line, which refemble the Cours de la Reine at Paris. It 
A fpacious very fpacious, or rather, it is made up of a great many Gardens rarfed 
Garden. Amphitheatre- wifc ^ and in the uppermoft there is a Terrafs-Walk, from 
whence one may fee Villages at feveral Leagues dirtance. This Garden be- 
ing of a very great extent, its long Walks yielded a very agreeable Pro- 
IpeiSt. They have in the middle Beds of Flowers, which are not above a 
Fathom and a half in breadth, but which reaches from one end of the Gar- 
den to the other. In the Centre of four Walks which makes a Crofs, 
there is a Pavillion covered with green Tiles, Thither go all the young 
People of the Town to take the frefh Air upon the Banks of a Bafon full of 
Water underneath. 
The sepuichre Going thither, we faw a pile of Building, where a King of Guzerat lies 
of a King of Interred. It is a fquare Fabrick, and in the Opinion of the Indians, the 
Gux.ernt at A- Magiciaus and Sorcerers entertain the Devil there. It is covered with a 
7nedabad. ^^ç.^j. j)ome, having five fmaller ones on each fide -, and on each front of 
the Building, there are Pillars which fupport thefe Domes. Some Streets 
The Sepulchre ftom thence there is to be feen a Sepulchre, where a Cow is interred under 
of a Cow, a Dome Handing upon fix Pillars. 
They 
